OT: top-posting vs. inline responses

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 11:42, Mark McEahern wrote:
> Paul Jackson wrote:
> > Does someone have a simple explanation of why such
> > top posting is bad form?  I don't like it either,
> > but I am unable to articulate why I don't like it.
>
> I personally don't mind top-posting.  It beats the hell out of someone who
> lazily quotes pages upon pages of text and then says at the bottom, "Yeah,
> I agree."

I think that top-posting makes it much easier to just include reams of 
irrelevant information. Forcing people to actually respond inline makes them 
think more about:

> 	o Try to be mindful of your reader's attention span.
> 	o Try to provide just enough context (whether before or after).

IMHO :)


   Richard